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Beaulieu River by David Richards
Oil on hardboard100cm x 65cm
Lot Number: 17
Artist Statement
After army service and a spell as a POW in Austria (some wartime drawings survive) David trained at Goldsmiths’ College. He taught at Leeds College of Art 1948-52 then 1952-82 at Southampton College of Art: where he specialised in life drawing and painting.
An admirer of Cezanne, he specialised in portraiture but also created imaginative and subjective figurative compositions. Often featuring movement, many are semi-abstract designs based on urban scenes - caped cyclists in the rain, or cranes moving in a scrapyard. He loved the West Country too and Salisbury and the Dorset coast feature in landscapes.
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